In the South-Central United States, bordering Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Tennessee, & Mississippi. The Mississippi River forms its eastern border.

NAME ORIGIN

Apparently a corruption of the name of a tribe and Sioux Indians who
called themselves Ugakhpah or Quapaw, "downstream people." Arkansea was recorded
in a French source of 1673 for a village and Indian tribe. Another spelling was Arkansa,
with -s added as a plural to designate members of the tribe.